There is not going to be a rule stating you can't bail out in FSO. We don't need it and it's not happening. I believe I said as much in the last thread. Why? because we can't prevent players from bailing out and I am not about to police it. What rules we have need to be ones we need for a good reason. Slapping a rule on anything and everything we don't like will bog us down in a rule system that will look like the Federal Tax Code. I'm not going there.
...but asking guys not to land via chute...then navigate towards a base...and then start shooting planes with a 45...well that takes some doing, there is a rule against it and it will be enforced.
The vast majority of players in FSO abide by the rules. Let's remember that as well.
Well said.
The rule already exists -- you exit when you are shot down and you NEVER shoot your .45. Perhaps it needs to be clarified to say "immediately end flight (.ef)", but
there is nothing here that requires a rule change or a debate along those lines.
The
existing rule was clearly violated, so
this is only a matter of enforcement now.
How it is enforced and the penalty that is issued is the key to limiting this kind of behavior.
In most team sports, when one member of a team ignores the rules, the penalty impacts their whole team, not just the individual. Likewise, FSO rules violations should have penalties that affect an entire squad and/or side, to ensure that squads and sides police things themselves. This allows CM's to fairly and consistently referee events and issue penalties, which should be their role, without turning them into cops policing events and chasing individuals.
I agree that points alone may not be an adequate deterrent. I believe a combination of
something like erasing ALL that squads points for that frame (penalizing the side) AND assigning a squad penalty aircraft for the next frame (penalizing the squad) would be a far more effective deterrent than suspending or punishing individual pilots for a frame. This is particularly true when you had TWO players from the same squad violating a rule together, clearly communicating and coordinating their efforts and NOTHING was said by their squadmates or side to tell them they shouldn't be running around on the ground.
Penalties should be on a squad level, to ensure they are dealt with there, and stiff enough to act as a deterrent, not just seek to "fix" things or balance out the "what if it didn't happen" equation.
My two cents.
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